All across the world, African Americans are widely known for their culture, their vivacious hairstyles of locs, braids, and fros full of Afro Sheen. They are known worldly for rap, hip hop, and rhythm and blues. Pop stars like Beyoncé are household names and almost everyone knows about Lil Wayne and Kayne West. But what African Americans are not commonly known for is their craftsmanship. One group in particular, from a small isolated community of Gee’s Bend in Wilcox, Al, a group of ladies who would spark the attention of the nation with their homemade quilts known as the Freedom Quilting Bee. But much before these creative quilts, struck gold with the art world these women had been quilting for many years. They had labored in the
